JPHMP Direct July 23, 2024
This issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (JPHMP) focuses on communicable diseases of public health importance. The lead scientific article “Late Identification of Perinatal Transmission of HIV in an Infant at High Risk” is contributed by the AIDS Institute of the New York State Department of Health. This article describes the delayed diagnosis of perinatal HIV transmission in a four-month-old infant prompting a reevaluation of HIV testing and treatment protocols. An accompanying commentary by Pasquale and co-authors from Duke University commends the study authors for identifying the policy-based gaps that led to the delayed diagnosis of HIV in an infant and amending the NYSDOG HIV perinatal guidelines.
Of interest is a commentary “Measles Back to the...
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